The Glorious Heresies: A Novel

The Glorious Heresies: A Novel

Winner of the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize
Shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Irish Book Awards
Longlisted for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize
The Irish TimesÂ March Book of the Month

From Lisa McInerney, hailed by The Irish Times as â€œarguably the most talented writer at work in Ireland today,â€ comes The Glorious Heresies, a searing debut novel about life on the fringes of Irelandâ€™s post-crash society.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â When grandmother Maureen Phelan is surprised in her home by a stranger, she clubs the intruder with a Holy Stone. The consequences of this unplanned murder connect four misfits struggling against their meager circumstances. Ryan is a fifteen-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father, Tony, whose feud with his next-door neighbor threatens to ruin his family. Georgie is a sex worker who half-heartedly joins a born-again movement to escape her profession and drug habit. And Jimmy Phelan, the most fearsome gangster in the city and Maureenâ€™s estranged son, finds that his motherâ€™s bizarre attempts at redemption threaten his entire organization.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Biting and darkly funny, The Glorious Heresies presents an unforgettable vision of a city plagued by poverty and exploitation, where salvation still awaits in the most unexpected places.

â€” New York Time's Book Review's "10 Best Crime Novels" of the year
Country USA
Brand Tim Duggan Books
Manufacturer Tim Duggan Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780804189064
ReleaseDate 2016-08-09
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780804189064

Country	USA
Brand	Tim Duggan Books
Manufacturer	Tim Duggan Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780804189064
ReleaseDate	2016-08-09
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780804189064

The Glorious Heresies: A Novel

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